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Big strides have been made in planning for a sustainable UC Berkeley future. The campus published a comprehensive update to its UC Berkeley Sustainability Plan<\/a>, setting key stretch goals and strategies reaching beyond systemwide policy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan addresses new intersectional topics, including health and sustainability, and diversity, equity and inclusion in sustainability. The campus also published its first Green Labs Action Plan<\/a> and formed a cross-departmental steering group to guide its implementation. And importantly, looking out to 2035 and beyond, sustainability is a cornerstone feature of the Long Range Development and Campus Master Planning<\/a> that is underway. This comprehensive effort is engaging many community members in visioning activities to inform climate resilience, active mobility and accessibility, sustainable water and more in the plans.   <\/p>\n\n\n

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Led by students aiming for zero waste and eliminating global plastic pollution, UC Berkeley has committed to one of the strongest plastic bans in the country, setting a comprehensive target<\/a> to eliminate all nonessential single-use plastic by 2030. Unlike other plastic bans, this initiative goes beyond existing targets focused on foodware and plastic bags, and addresses the spectrum of products and packaging used in campus academics, research, administration and events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UC Berkeley community received a number of accolades this year, including again a coveted spot among the top 20 greenest universities according to the Sierra Club. The Chancellor\u2019s Advisory Committee on Sustainability<\/a> honored six graduating seniors<\/a> as change-makers and leaders in climate action, environmental justice, sustainable food, ending plastic pollution and moving UC away from harmful pesticide use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, the campus also launched a number of impressive initiatives on climate change solutions. Beginning in fall 2020, the Letters and Science Division is offering an undergraduate minor in climate science<\/a>. UC Berkeley\u2019s new fundraising campaign, Light the Way, includes a research priority<\/a> to understand the depths of environmental change, accelerate mitigation and adaptation, and ensure that vulnerable populations can participate in the transition to clean energy. And underway is the former architecturally significant art museum\u2019s conversion to a life sciences innovation lab; when open, this will be UC Berkeley\u2019s first carbon-free building operating on 100% clean electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students Leveraging Sustainability Resources to Respond to the Coronavirus<\/a><\/h3>\n

During spring 2020, many of UC Berkeley\u2019s operations and programs were put on hold due to COVID-19 and the subsequent shelter-in-place orders. The Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC) and The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) at UC Berkeley cultivated resources for students to practice personal and community resilience related to environmental justice issues and initiatives. SERC […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Returning Used N95 Masks to Duty Quickly \u2014 and Safely<\/a><\/h3>\n

UC Berkeley bioengineering professor Amy Herr is part of a multi-university research consortium, N95Decon, providing a scientific consensus on existing and emerging decontamination methods of N95 masks. The consortium is assessing existing research, designing new systems and \u2014 importantly \u2014 actively debunking misinformation, with the goal of providing health care staff with scientifically proven ways […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n